Toy boomerang



Nov.. 17. 1925 l c. R. GRSGQRY l'561,715

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UNITE STATES PATENT oFFicE.

CHARLES RICHARD GREGORY, OF LNDON, ENG-LAND, ASSGNOR 0F GUE-HALF `TO NEIL MCBETEE, LONDQI-l, ENGLAND.

TOY BUOMERANG.

Application filed Tune $3.0, 1925. Serial No. 38,550.

Be it known that I, Crmnnns Rrorniin) Grissom', a subject of the King of England, and resident of London, inthe Kingdom et England, have invented new and useful l`oy Booineiengsa of which the following' is a specilication. i

This invention relates to a toy of the type in which missiles are discharged by the release of a spring, trigger or the like.

The object of the invention is to provide a new, simple and consequently inexpensive toy comprising a suitable easily manipulated appliance for discharging, more particularly, a boomerang placed upon a- `support when a spring is released; the energy imparted to the boomerang being sufficient to cause it to return, as such missiles do, to or near to the place from which it Awas discharged.

lVith the above mentioned object in view, the invention comprises a suitable support from which a boomerang is discharged by a sprino.

The invention comprises further, any suitable means for holding the support in the hand whilst arranging the boomerang in position'thereon and manipulating the spring to discharge the boomerang.

The invention consists, further, in a suitable construction of the toy, involving a combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter described with reference to the drawings.

The invention consists, further, in the pro vision of and combination with the discharging appliance of boomerangs suitable for the purpose intended.

Reference being had to the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of the toy; Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing clearly some of the parts of which the toy is preferably made; Fig. 3 is a front view of a principal part of the toy illustrating the spring and its arrangement thereon; Fig. t shows the boomerangs used-two of them drawn to a reduced scale-and illustrating modilications in the their shape; Fig. 5 illustrates the manner of holding the toy; 6 illustrates the manner of manipulating the toy to discharge a boomerang; Fig. T shows means for holding the support, hereinafter referred to, in desired positions,

According to this invention, a preferred sisting of a suitably coiled length of wire of which one end portion 4. is suitably se cured to the base l as, for instance, by clips which may be formed by slitting the part 1, as shown at 6, and bending the intervening` part of the substance over the wire in opposite directions as shown respectively at 7, 8. The other end portion of the wire eze tends slantingly upwards and rests upon the upper end of the adjacent flange 2; the base 1 and flange having been out away, as shown at 9 so that the extremity of the spring need not extend beyond the upper edge thereof when in the normal position shown. The end of this part of the spring is preferably bent at right angles to constitute a convenient piece 10 for operating the spring.

The base 1 is partly enveloped by a folder which may consist of a piece of paper or other suitable and thin material which is creased or otherwise rendered capable of folding at 11, 12. From this latter crease to its extremity 13 the folder is reduced in width to pass between the inner edges of the flanges 9. ccntieuous to the spring, being held in that position by a more substantial sheet 14 of suitable material which is slid beneath 'the flanges 2. The intermediate part 15 is capable of folding into eontiguity with and thus forming a facing to the base 1, to which it may be adhesively secured if desired. The remaining part of the folder constitutes a support 5 for the boomerangs and may 'have imprinted thereon representations in difterent positions as shown at 16, 17, 18 of Fig. 1 for a purpose hereinafter referred to. Although this support can beheld at any desired angle by the hand it may be provided with any suitable means for the purpose as, for instance, a strip of material 19 secured to the underside thereof and capable of sliding movement within a retaining loop 2O se# cured to the intermediate part of the folder as shown. The toy, as shown in Fig. 1, may be faced on both sides by ornamental paper, which may have instructions imprinted upon it, or the edges may be bound with suitable binding` strips, or, further, the toy may be inserted in a paper envelope which may receive the boomerangs. It desired, a pocket for the boomerangs may be adhesively or otherwise secured to the frontor back of the toy, as desired.

The boomerangs may be of any suitable material, such as celluloid and of any suitable shape such as shown 'for example at Fig. 4t wherein one arm oi each boomerangl is arranged substantially at right angles to the other and is slightly longer. rllhe ilight is improved by bending downwardly the end portion of the longer arm as at 22 or the curvature may extend throughout its length as shown at 23.

The toy is held by the hand as shown in Fig. 5 with thesupport raised. rPhe boomerang is placed in one of the positions indicated on the support. The trigger lO is then drawn rearwardly by the thumb or the other hand (Fig. 6) and the boomerang adjusted to the required position by the first linger of the same hand. Release or the trigger will then project the boomerang' with a force and to a distance depending in eze tent upon the position to which it was adjusted upon the support.

It the boomerang be discharged with the support horizontal the flight will be straight; the boomerang on its return journey deviatingl only slightly to the right from its outward course and slightly below the level at which it was launched so that it can be conveniently caught by the right hand. lt, however, the support be slightly raised the flight will be. more circular, the boomerang` returning` in many instances on to the support itself.

I claim:

A toy comprisingl a base having,` a spring thereon, means, such as inturned flanges on the base for retaining a cover for the spring,

a folder of which one end portion held to the base by insertion between it and the aforesaid cover, its intermediate part constituting a facing' or backing 1"'or the other side of the base, and its Jfree end portion constituting a support for boomerangs in position to be discharged therefrom, saidrparts construct-ed and combined substantially as described. i

CHARLES RICHARD GREGORY. 

